FEDERAL RESERVE

The Federal Reserve issued the following statement announcing it would reduce its asset purchasing program in January.

Ahead of the FOMC announcement, Mark Newton of Greywolf Execution weighs in on three main indicators investors should watch for tapering.

Any stimulus reduction talk will be analyzed for its impact on gold prices, in the last major economic event of the year.

Fischer is well-known in international economic policy. At MIT, Fischer once taught current Fed Chairman Bernanke and ECB President Draghi.

Stocks are expected to hold course even as talk of a Fed taper heats up ahead of next week's FOMC meet.

When Janet Yellen takes command of the Federal Reserve next year, she will become the oldest Fed chair ever, but who served the longest in that role?

Was it a comment by Janet Yellen or something else that prompted the first mortgage rate drop in two weeks?

The Senate Banking Committee voted 14-8 Thursday to approve the nomination of Janet Yellen to be Federal Reserve chairwoman.

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Yellen's most prominent critics on monetary policy may suggest that Fed policy has been too aggressive.

The Senate Banking Committee announced a Nov. 14 hearing on the nomination of Janet Yellen for Federal Reserve chair.

Goldman's top economist says it looks like Fed data favors lingering low rates.

The Fed said it plans to "await more evidence that progress will be sustained before adjusting the pace of its purchases."

Five years after the financial crisis banks are still not lending at the same levels they once did.

America's second-largest investment bank wants permission to expand its current $500 million share buyback plan, which expires in March 2014.

The Oct. 29-30 FOMC meeting will be more notable for what is discussed than what is done, economists predict.

Despite the Fed's political independence, banks with political connections were more likely to get emergency loans than banks without such connections.

If the Federal Reserve looks more closely at underemployment, the stimulus reduction feared by gold investors could be delayed even further.

With the government shutdown well into a ninth day, and the debt ceiling approaching, was the Janet Yellen nomination from President Obama ill timed?

FOMC minutes show some Fed policymakers on the fence about reducing the level of stimulus.

Federal Reserve encourages banks to workout payment schedules with cash-strapped government employees.